﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis, 
  ly 
  

  

  except 
  on 
  the 
  mesopleurK 
  behind 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   propleurae, 
  the 
  metapleurse 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  centre 
  

   of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  having 
  the 
  punctures 
  sparser; 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  deep, 
  and 
  reaching 
  

   from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Scutellum 
  sparsely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  metanotum 
  very 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured. 
  Median 
  segment 
  short, 
  transverse 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   which 
  has 
  a 
  rather 
  sharply 
  oblique 
  slope 
  and 
  is 
  impunctate 
  

   between 
  the 
  furrows. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  punctured, 
  

   the 
  hair 
  black, 
  longish, 
  and 
  sparse 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  area 
  coarsely 
  

   longitudinally 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segment 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  and 
  bearing 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  The 
  

   third 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  width 
  throughout. 
  The 
  

   hair 
  on 
  the 
  legs 
  is 
  black, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  femora, 
  which 
  

   have 
  it 
  greyish 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  have 
  behind 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  

   punctures 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Length 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  Myzine, 
  Latr. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  Catalogue, 
  of 
  Indian 
  Hymenoptera, 
  Smith 
  omits, 
  

   curiously 
  enough, 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  himself 
  in 
  

   his 
  Cat. 
  Hyni., 
  III. 
  

  

  I. 
  Myzine 
  anthracina. 
  

  

  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Hyni., 
  III., 
  71, 
  9. 
  

   Had. 
  India. 
  

  

  2. 
  MiZINE 
  COMBUSTA. 
  

   Smith, 
  Neza 
  species 
  of 
  Hyni., 
  179. 
  

   Hab. 
  India 
  ? 
  or 
  Africa 
  ? 
  

  

  3. 
  Myzine 
  dimidiata. 
  

   Guerin, 
  Diet. 
  pitt. 
  d. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  v. 
  575, 
  17 
  ; 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  

   Hym., 
  71. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bombay, 
  Bengal. 
  

   B 
  

  

  